Hobo-Dyer projection

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The Hobo-Dyer map projection is an equal area map projection. It is a cylindrical projection, similar to the Gall-Peters projection. The cylinder is usually assumed to wrap around the globe and cut through the surface at 37.5° north and south. Shapes between 45° north and south are relatively well preserved in the Hobo-Dyer projection, but landmasses towards the poles are progressively flattened. The Hobo-Dyer is often used with the south pole at the top of the map^[1].

The map was created in by Mick Dyer, a British cartographer, by modifying the 1910 Behrmann projection. It aims to be visually more pleasing than the Peters projection^[2].

The Hobo-Dyer projection was used in a map to show the 68 countries around the world in which the Carter Center has worked since 1982, when Jimmy Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize^[3].

[edit] References

• ↑ UMASS Mag. Retrieved on February 17, 2006.
• THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. Retrieved on February 17, 2006.
• The Upsidedown Map Page. Retrieved on February 17, 2006.
• ↑ President Carter's Nobel Prize: Presidential Peace Prize Means New Map Goes International. Retrieved on February 17, 2006.
• ↑ Hobo-Dyer Projection. Retrieved on February 17, 2006.